Self-acting sugar-bowl.



Patented May 12, 1914.

drawings, in w \LEWIS A, rams, or TAYLOR, NORTH DAKOTA.

sELr-Ac'rme SUGAR-BOWL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 12, 1914.

Application filed March 28, 1912. Serial No. 686,958.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Lewis A. Imus, a citizenv of the United States,Fesiding at Taylor, in the county of Stark, State of North Dakota, haveinvented certain new and useful I m rovements in Self-ActingSugar-Bowls; an I do hereby declarethe following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention has special reference to kitchen or table articles andmoreparticularly to the class-of sugar bowls or other receptacles, itbeing the principal object of the invention to provide improved andnovel means whereby a certain or any desired quantity of sugar ormaterial will automatically feed to the discharge spout of thereceptacle to discharge the bowl when said means are operated.

A further and im ortant object of the invention is to provi e a sugarbowl having an inclined discharge spout so disposed as to beautomatically filled with sugar, the said spout having valves at itsinner and outer ends controlled by novel actuating means so that thevalves are opened and closed for filling and discharging the sugar fromthe spout, thereby dispensinigl any desired quantity, preferably a spoonl.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists ofcertain combinations and arrangements of parts as will be hereinaftermore fully described and claimed, and illlhistiated in the accompanyingFigure 1 is a vertical sectional view of my im roved su ar bowl with thevalves in position for discharging the sugar into the spout. Fig. 2 is asimilar view but showing the valves in a reverse osition, fordischarging the sugar from t e spout. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of thedevice.

Referring more s ecificall to the drawings, wherein like re erence caracters designate similar parts throughout the several views, thenumeral 10 designates the bowl which is preferably of cylindrical formand provided with a cover 11 and a handle 12. The bowl 10 is alsoprovided with a spout 13 which communicates with the interior of thebowl near its bottom and diametrically opposite relative to thehandle12, the said spout being disposed in an inclined position andhaving a supply opening 14 for the sugar and an outlet openin 15 throughwhich the sugar is discharged mm the spout, the latter of which measuresthe quantity of sugar.

Operable over the opening 14 is a circular valve or disk 16, the samebeing carried at the lower end of a flexible stem '17 which isvertically operable through a horizontal guide member 18 carried at thefront portions of the bowl above the spout 13 and having its inner endprojecting inwardly of the bowl as shown. A valve or disk 19 operatesover the discharge end of the out 13 and is connected with a flexiblestem 20, at the lower end of the latter, sa'd stem operating through theouter end 0 the guide member 18 and being connected at its upper endpivotally to a pivoted lever 21 at'the outer end of the latter while theste 17 connects to the inner end of the said lever whereby when one ofthe valves is closed the other will be open for feeding or dischar ingthe su ar from the spout as cleary shown in F1gs. 1 and 2 of thedrawings.

In order to operate the lever 21 and lift the valves 16 and 19 to theopposite positions above referred to, an operating mem her or lever 22is pivotally and removably engaged within a catch 23 carried at thecentral portion of the cover 11 and has its forward end directeddownwardly as shown at 24 and connected to the lever 21 near its outerend while the opposite end of the cover the discharge end of the spout13 while' the valve 16 is retained in a raised or open position to ermitthe sugar to automatically feed into the spout, the latter of which isadapted to contain the hereinbefore specified. Thus when it is desiredto operate the same or to discharge the sugar from the spout 13, theoperating member 22 is pressed downwardly toward the handle 12 with orwithout lifting the bowl, thereby causing said operating member to beswung on its pivot 23 to raise the outer end of the lever 21 against theaction of the coiled spring 26 thereby opening the discharge valve 19 byraising it to discharge the sugar from wihin the spout, while thedesired quantity as valve 16 will be moved downwardly to close theopening 14 and prevent the entrance of more sugar into the spout untilthe Valves have been automatically turned to the initial position underthe action of the coiled spring 26; During the movements of the valve,the flexible stems 17 and 20 may permit the valves to move without unduefriction and also compensate for the movement of the ends of the lever21 in arcs of circles while the guide members 18 insure of close contactof the valves with the opposite ends of the spout.

I claim:

1. A device of the class described comprising a receptacle, a downwardlyinclined spout for the receptacle, guide members carried bythereceptacle, flexible stems operating through the said members, valvescon-' nected to said stems and operable over the inner and outer ends ofthe spout and an operating member pivoted on the receptacle andconnected to the stems for shifting said valves in opposite direction.

2.The combination with a sugar bowl having a removable cover and aninclined meeaso discharge spout; of an operating member detachablymounted on the cover, a lever pivotally carried by the receptacle andconnected at its outer end to said operating member, a horizontal guidemember having a a portion extending inwardly of the bowl, valvesarranged over the inner and outer ends of the spout, said lever alsoextending inwardly of the bowl, stems connecting the valves to the endsof the lever, said guide positioning of the Valve to discharge the sugarfrom the spout.

In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature, in presence of twowitnesses.

LEWIS A. IAMS.

Witnesses: I I

JULIUS WILLIAMS, C. H. ENGEN.

